It was probably when I was in elementary school or junior high school. At that time, home VCD machines had not yet become popular, and the word "Internet" had not even appeared in people's minds. Therefore, at that time, people's entertainment activities were limited.
, people of my grandma’s generation always like to sit in groups of twos and threes knitting or chatting in the yard, and some like to get together to play mahjong or chess. However, people of my parents’ generation are busy with work and spend most of their time together.
They were all at work. When they got home, they would watch TV and just want to sleep. Finally, they came across a Sunday. At that time, there was no such thing as a double holiday, so they hoped to use this day to sleep in comfortably at home.
There seems to be no variety in entertainment activities.
At that time, I was young and ignorant, and had an extremely strong curiosity about the outside world. Therefore, there were many entertainment methods that were not approved by my parents, which began to harm the body and mind of our generation, such as billiard rooms, video game arcades, etc.
Video library. As for me, I can be regarded as an individual who has been seriously violated.
I remember that when I was in the first grade of junior high school, I had already started betting on billiards with the gangsters on the street for a few cents a game, so I won the title of "Jiangbei One Shot", and because at that time, the video game hall
The most popular game was Street Fighter, and I was often able to clear levels with just one coin, and during this period I could defeat countless coin-fed provocateurs who overestimated their abilities. Although I was not tall at that time, I had to step on two pieces to play the game.
Bricks served as stepping stones. And the ones I visited most were the many video studios of various types that were lined up near Wuli Store at that time.
At that time, video tapes were still used instead of discs, so when my classmates would brag to me about the new Panasonic video recorder they bought at home, they would always win my respect. In those years,
I met many people in the video library, including Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Wu Ma, and Lin Zhengying. Although they are all no longer alive, they left deep memories of my youth. At that time, the video library
Most of the movies shown here are Hong Kong movies, and they secretly show third-level movies when there are few people. The content of Hong Kong movies is mostly action movies and ghost movies, so in fact, when I came into contact with it clearly for the first time in my life
The concept of "ghost" originated from that era.
I still remember the plot of one of the ghost movies. It was about a quiet night in a previously unoccupied office of a company in Hong Kong. Suddenly a ray of light appeared in the darkness. The light was emitted by a photocopying machine.
After a yellow light came out, followed by a creaking sound for a while, the light of the photocopier began to sweep from left to right repeatedly, and then continued to spit out paper. Then the camera zoomed in, and found the photocopied paper.
All in one horrible grimace.
This scene caused me to resist the photocopy shop on the street for a long time, because I always felt that there was a ghost in this shop. In fact, in the tenth case that Hu Zongren and I handled, it made me feel like this
Everything seems different, yet familiar.
At the end of November, Chongqing has gradually begun to feel like winter. Although some people wear sweaters and some wear long-sleeved T-shirts during this season, there is a saying that "dress randomly in February, April and August", which refers to the months in the lunar calendar when it is not cold.
If it's not hot, people's dressing styles will be more confusing, but since environmental pollution has become serious and global warming is no longer a secret, November in Chongqing is similar to September or October when we were children. That day Hu
Zongren had a cold, but he didn't tell me when he called me to come out. It wasn't until I saw him that I discovered that his nose was already red from blowing his nose. I was wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt.
But he had already put on a sweater, and the sweater was still red. When he walked on the street, he looked like a firecracker. I really felt like lighting him on fire. And when he told me that he had a bad cold, I couldn't help but express it.
He looked sad and angry. When I was having lunch, I asked him, why didn't you tell me you had a cold earlier? Why do you still work when you have a cold? He said there was nothing he could do, he just couldn't stay idle. I told him seriously that he would definitely catch a cold next time.
Remember to take medicine and get injections. At the very least, you have to remind me to wear a mask. What if I get infected by you?
He told me while blowing his nose and sniffing that maybe we have never encountered anything similar to this case before. He said that it was located in Jiangbei District, Chongqing, near a French brand super store, in an old street and alley, there was a company that specialized in undertaking...
An advertising company that produces billboards, prints, and packages had an accident at their factory. The boss was a fan of the Book of Changes and liked predictions, so when he encountered this incident, he asked how the Book of Changes should be resolved, but he came to the conclusion: "There must be help from noble people."
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I pointed at Hu Zongren's red nose and said, the noble person he was talking about, could it be you? Hu Zongren rubbed his nose and said listlessly but with pride, hey, it seems like it's really me. I said that's good
Well, you are the noble one anyway, so go ahead. I went home to sleep. He quickly grabbed me and said, "No, what will I do if you leave now and leave me alone?" I said mockingly, "Aren't you a noble man?"
Who am I? Hu Zongren said, I made a mistake, it’s noble people. There is “you”, including you! Hu Zongren grabbed my hand and smiled stupidly. At this time, the restaurant waiter walked away with a surprised look in his eyes.
Come here and put two bowls on the table: you...your noodles...
Then until we finished eating and left, the waiter looked at us strangely.
Hu Zongren followed the address sent to him by the victim, and we quickly found this old street. However, because the street was too narrow and I was not familiar with the road conditions inside, I chose to park the car in the parking lot of the hypermarket.
Then Hu Zongren and I crossed the road and walked there. After walking for about ten minutes, we went down a path on the right side of the old road and saw the signboard of this advertising company. I smiled and said, this advertising company has hidden
Deke is really hidden. If the company is opened here, no one will come to do business with them. Hu Zongren said, the company should not be here, this is their factory, didn't I tell you?
Since it is a factory, it makes a little more sense. When I walked outside the factory door, I heard the roar of machines. Although it was not very loud, I could still hear it clearly in this small alley. Hu
Zong Ren took out his phone and called the victim, saying that we are here. We are at the door of your unit. How to get to your office? There is only a factory here. A few minutes after hanging up the phone, a man in a suit walked down from a small corridor on the side of the factory gate.
The man in a beige casual suit looked short, in his 30s, and had the standard body shape of a married man. When he saw Hu Zongren and I, he warmly came up to shake hands and say hello. He called himself Xia and he worked for this advertising company.
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After taking us upstairs, he closed the office door, and then started to introduce himself, saying that he co-founded this company with his friend. The friend was an art designer and was mainly responsible for taking jobs, while he was mainly responsible for supporting production.
, I mainly make some picture albums, books, gift boxes, etc. During the seasons, I also make moon cake boxes, rice dumpling boxes and the like. In addition, I also make metal characters and crystal characters. The main business is printing. Anyway, it is advertising you can think of.
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Mr. Xia said that he came to us this time because for two consecutive weeks, some strange things, with or without signs, have been happening in his factory. The first thing he discovered was when their night shift workers were working in the factory.
, suddenly a strange phenomenon occurred in the machine.
Hu Zongren said with a smile, "It's hard to work here so late at night." Mr. Xia smiled and said, "You two don't know. Printing factories are like this, almost 24 hours a day."
They are all at work. Sometimes the production work piled up during the day cannot be completed, so they have to print overnight. Anyway, the machines now are all integrated, and the finished product can be produced with a simple operation. He went on to say that printing in their factory
The machine uses relatively high-end equipment on the market today. It is said to be about four-color overprinting, etc., but I can’t understand it. But that night when the strange thing happened, the workers only opened one of the machines, and that machine
While printing, I would watch movies on the computer while looking at the factory to pass the time. But at around two o'clock in the morning, another slightly older machine suddenly started on its own and began to print.
The axis of the paper roll was spinning wildly.
Mr. Xia said that the workers felt strange at the time because the factory was located in an old residential area, and the circuits were inevitably aging. In order to avoid short circuits and fires, they usually manually cut off the power whenever the machines stopped for a while.
When the worker heard the clattering sound, he was still wondering if the colleague who took over the shift during the day forgot to unplug the power supply when he got off work, which caused the problem. As a result, he went around to the back of the machine and took a look, and found that
Only half of the power supply is connected, and the rest is usually stuck outside.
Hu Zongren asked if it was as if the plug was not inserted firmly, but it was placed in the jack and caused poor contact. Mr. Xia said that the worker thought so at first, so he unplugged the power and continued
I went back to the computer to kill time. At this moment, it suddenly started to rain. Originally, it was not unusual for it to rain. It was rainy this season, but the rain became heavier and heavier. The worker said that the sound of rain outside was too loud.
It had covered up the sound of the machines in the house. But at this moment, there was a sudden power outage.
Mr. Xia said that because he is a manufacturer, he often uses a lot of design software, so in order to prevent sudden power outages and being unable to save, his company is even equipped with a high-end product called UPS, so that it can still be used after a power outage.
This device powers the computer for a few minutes so that you can save it in time. So after the worker saved the file, he turned off the computer and started playing with his phone.
Mr. Xia went on to say that the factory building was very old and had no emergency lighting, and it was a closed environment. So at this time, looking from where our worker was sitting, it was brighter outside than inside the house. When he stood up
When I wanted to see how long it would rain, I suddenly saw a figure standing in the center of the factory door.
That location was protected from rain, but the figure looked wet.